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Physicists Demonstrate How Information Can Escape From Black Holes
Physicists have provided a mechanism by which information can be recovered from black holes -- and the first plausible mechanism for how information might escape from black holes, those regions...
South Korea's First Astronaut Leaves Hospital
South Korea's first astronaut was released from the hospital Wednesday.
Two astronauts are assigned to the ISS
WASHINGTON, May 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency and its international partners say they have assigned two crew members to the Expedition 20 International Space Station mission.
Spot the spacecraft
Scientists hope the public can help find the Mars Polar Lander's resting place in released images.
James Randerson looks through the government UFO files
James Randerson on the range of supposed sitings of UFOs recorded in the government archives published today
New Software Brings the Universe to Your Computer
The incredible images from NASA space- and ground-based telescopes are now available to the public through the release of free software from Microsoft.
Virtual Telescope Brings Universe Down to Earth
Computer users can now explore space with the world's best telescopes
Getting excited about science
Getting the next generation excited about science and its potential to improve the world will be an important challenge in the future, believes Dr Alan Finkel.
A molecular thermometer for the distant universe
Astronomers have made use of ESO`s Very Large Telescope to detect for the first time in the ultraviolet the carbon monoxide molecule in a galaxy located almost 11 billion light-years...
Hawking searches for Einsteins in Africa
LONDON, May 13 (UPI) -- Physicist Stephen Hawking is helping launch 15 postgraduate centers for advanced math and physics in Africa.
Texting Costs In UK Are 'Out Of This World' -- More Expensive Than Downloading Data From Hubble Space Telescope
Space scientist says texting in the United Kingdom is at least four times more expensive than receiving scientific data from space.
Astronauts say there must be life in space
The human race will find life elsewhere in the universe as it pushes ahead with space exploration, astronauts back from the latest US space mission said Monday.
New laser may help find Earthlike planets
BOULDER, Colo., May 12 (UPI) -- U.S. and German scientists say they've created an ultrafast laser that, among other things, might aid in the search for Earthlike planets.
Space Station Tricorder
Any Trekkies out there? Remember the tricorder? Dr. McCoy and Mr. Spock both carried them, and they came in mighty handy exploring "strange new worlds ...where no one has gone...
Mystery of Jupiter ring protrusion solved
BALTIMORE, May 12 (UPI) -- German and U.S. scientists say they've determined why dust particles from one of Jupiter's faint rings sometimes travel beyond the rings' normal boundary.
NASA, JAXA to conduct sonic boom research
WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency said it plans to join the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in conducting research on sonic boom modeling.
Solar Variability: Striking A Balance With Climate Change
The sun has powered almost everything on Earth since life began, including its climate. The sun also delivers an annual and seasonal impact, changing the character of each hemisphere as...
NASA completes first Ares engine tests
WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it's completed the first tests of the J-2X engine that will power the upper stages of the Ares...
Could "dark energy" be a sign of Earth's special place in the universe?
Ever since Copernicus placed the Sun at the center of the universe instead of the Earth, scientific discoveries have been repeatedly making our home planet less special and more ordinary....
Frigid robot eyes top tech prize
A robot which cares for millions of frozen biological samples is among four finalists for a top engineering award.
Science Extra podcast: Raymond Tallis
Alok Jha and James Randerson discuss the human head with scientist, philosopher and poet, Raymond Tallis
Non-ozone-depleting pesticides sought
VALLADOLID, Spain, May 12 (UPI) -- Spanish scientists say the search for alternatives to ozone-depleting agricultural pesticides might be a more complex task than originally thought.
The Antennae Galaxies move closer
New research on the Antennae Galaxies using the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows that this benchmark pair of interacting galaxies is in fact much...
Space telescope recycled for bomb detection
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory equipment helps to sniff out radioactive sources.
Planets by the Dozen
You know the planets of our solar system, each a unique world with its own distinctive appearance, size, and chemistry. Mars, with its bitter-cold, rusty red sands; Venus, a fiery...
Scientists Endure Arctic For Last Campaign Prior To CryoSat-2 Launch
An international group of scientists has swapped their comfortable offices for one of the most inhospitable environments on the planet to carry out a challenging field campaign that is seen...
NASA Successfully Completes First Series Of Ares Engine Tests
NASA engineers Thursday successfully completed the first series of tests in the early development of the J-2X engine that will power the upper stages of the Ares I and Ares...
The World Wide Telescope: A new view of the night sky
The World Wide Telescope (WWT) website will change the way people see the heavens when it launches in the coming weeks.